What are the long-term effects of fast food?

Isabella Atti

Health Risks

Obesity

Heart Conditions, Strokes, and Kidneys

Diabetes

Fatty Liver Disease

Arthritis

Blount’s Disease

Meaning of Fast Food

• Advertisement Meaning: Crunchy, yummy, fried, delicious food.

Meaning of Fast Food

• Literal Meaning: Fattening, unhealthy, risky, dirty, unclean food.

Emotions and Language

• People show similar expressions and feelings when eating fast food.

• Super Sized Me: min 1:00- 1:55, 4:10-5:19

• That’s so Raven: min 1:20- 2:26

Emotions and Language• Although each person

is unique, fast food tends to make people express in similar ways.

• Pleasure • Sick• Tired• Depressed• Full• Sleepy• Drowsy

History• “The U.S. obesity prevalence

increased from 13 percent to 32 percent between the 1960s and 2004, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Human Nutrition.”

• “The United States Center of Disease Control and Prevention reports that from 1970 to 2000 the average US male has increased his daily calorie intake by 168 calories and the average woman by 335 calories a day.?

History

• By 2015, 75% of Adults Will Be Overweight; 41% Will Be Obese

• Through History, one can see the increased rate of obesity and food consumption through time.

Works Cited•  Obesity Rates Continue to Climb in the United States." School of Public Health at

Johns Hopkins - Home. Web. 25 Apr. 2011. <http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/press_releases/2007/wang_adult_obesity.html>.

• Macnair, Dr Trisha. "BBC - Health: Childhood Obesity." BBC - Homepage. Web. 25 Apr. 2011. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/physical_health/conditions/obesity2.shtml>.

• Crisis Looms in Obesity in Europe, Experts Say - The New York Times." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. 22 Apr. 2007. Web. 25 Apr. 2011. <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/world/europe/22iht-health.4.5393089.html>.

• Disney. "Food for Though." That's So Raven. 18 Sept. 2005. Television.<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390”

• Super Size Me. Dir. Morgan Spurlock. Perf. Morgan Spurlock. 2004. DVD• Scary Fast Food Statistics & Facts." Fast Food Statistics: Fast Food Causes Obesity

Facts. Web. 25 Apr. 2011. <http://www.fatburn-secrets.com/fast-food-statistics.html>.